Paper No. 14: How Beto Came To Be A Presidential Candidate (December 15, 2019) White Paper

How did a person who had little ambition to run for office, suddenly win a municipal election and before anyone looked was running to be president? It starts with a quick handshake in an office filled with furniture from the 50’s, a meeting with his father that led to a discussion about the future of politics through the internet and a small online newspaper. This is the story of how Beto O’Rourke became political.